Composer, artist Paul English to perform at LSC-Montgomery

Published
5:38 pm CST, Thursday, January 12, 2012

Lone Star College-Montgomery’s music department presents an evening of contemplative solo piano for meditation and personal reflection on Feb. 9, at 7 p.m., in the Recital Hall, located in the college’s Music Hall (Building H). The performance is free and open to the public.

The evening will feature Houston’s internationally recognized composer, pianist, producer, and educator, Paul English, who will showcase how the power of music can tap into memories and emotions, stimulate minds, and make us move.

English has performed and recorded with notable jazz musicians such as Arnett Cobb, Dizzy Gillespie, David Liebman, and Kirk Whalum. In addition, he has produced a number of jazz and classical recordings, including a recent collaboration with country legends Willie Nelson, Ray Price, and Johnny Bush, Young at Heart, due for release this year.

English has also performed extensively as a jazz pianist with his crossover group, PICO (Paul’s Improvising Chamber Orchestra), known for mixing styles and improvisational techniques. In 2010, along with musical partner/collaborator, Horace A Young, English established the singing group, PIVO (Paul’s Improvising Vocal Orchestra) with 10 singers and an instrumental jazz quartet, performing jazz, baroque and original music.

Throughout his career, English has been a faculty member at Texas Tech University, Sam Houston State University, San Jacinto College, and Houston Community College. Just recently, he established his own school for intensive music studies called Countermeasures.

English is an alumnus of The University of Miami and The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, where he studied composition with the late Dr. Paul Cooper. English is also a registered Steinway concert artist.

For more information about the performance or the music department at LSC-Montgomery, contact Denise Meyers, program coordinator for theatre/fine arts at LSC-Montgomery, at (936) 273-7021; or visit www.LoneStar.edu/music-Montgomery.

LSC-Montgomery is located at 3200 College Park Drive, one-half mile west of Interstate 45, between Conroe and The Woodlands.